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(12 Jul 2017) FBI director nominee Christopher Wray says he would lead the agency "without fear, without favoritism and certainly without regard to political influence."
Wray's statement came after Sen. Chuck Grassley asked how he viewed the independence of the FBI and its director. He says the American public rightly expects that commitment.
He says there's only one right way to lead the FBI, and that's with "strict independence" and by being faithful to the Constitution.
Some lawmakers will want assurances that he will be able to be independent from the White House after President Donald Trump is said to have asked for a loyalty pledge before firing former director James Comey.
Wray also testified that attempts to tamper with a special counsel investigation into Russian election meddling would be "unacceptable."
Wray's comments came under questioning by Sen. Dianne Feinstein about special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation.
During questioning from Sen. Feinstein, Wray says he also never discussed Comey or his abrupt dismissal with the Justice Department or the FBI.
Wray says the issue only came up once, when Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein told him he had appointed Robert Mueller as special counsel to oversee the investigation into Trump campaign ties to Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election. That happened after Comey's firing.

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